Adirondack Chair

So, this is my favorite project I have made so far. We have a fire pit area in our back yard where we have had plastic Adirondack chairs for years. Well, these plastic chairs are now finally starting to break down. So, instead of buying more plastic ones, I decided I would start to make some out of Pressure Treated wood to replace them.

I had seen a lot of the chairs on this website, and seen a lot of the plans online, but decided I would go about this and create my own design. I tried to mimic one of the plastic chairs we had, and in the end I think my chair is now more comfortable then the one I modeled it after.

As you can see I have now made two of these chairs. The first one (the one on the left in the picture) was made with left over scrap wood I had from repairing our deck (with the exception of the seat and back boards). The seat support boards on both of the chairs are created with 2×6’s with a stencil I made from the plastic chair, to get the seat curvature correct. The arm, and back supports are made with 2×4’s, and the arm rests of 2×6’s. Both Chairs are held together by 2 1/2” deck screws.

The slats on the first chair were made of 1×3’s, but I found getting PT 1×3’s nearly impossible. So the second chair, I changed up my stencil for the bottom a little to utilize 1×2’s instead of the 1×3’s. The back was also switched to a combination of 1×4’s and 1×2’s. Other changes included pre drilling and setting all of the holes in the seat and back slats (so they would not crack). The second chair is also an inch wider then the first chair.

These chairs take me about 4 hours to complete with just a jig saw, chop saw, drill, and an orbital sander.

I’m going to try and make the next chair reclinable, and then follow up with an Adirondack Bench, and some side tables to match.

By the way, these things are beefy…I think they weigh about 60 lbs a piece!

-- Wood working is my relaxation, until nothing fits or works out right...Then it's just like work!